Systems and methods for dynamic wireless network configuration based on mobile radio unit location
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsKrishna K. Bellamkonda, Jin Yang
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Abstract
A system described herein may provide for the use of modeling techniques to generate models associated with various locations or regions (e.g., sectors) associated with one or more radio access networks (“RANs”) of a wireless network, as well as for one or more mobile radio units (“MRUs”) that include wireless network infrastructure and which may be dynamically moved from one location to another. The system may identify attributes of a location within the network at which the MRU is located, and may automatically configure base stations of the RAN as well as the wireless network infrastructure of the MRU in order to optimize the operation of the RAN, as well as to gain optimal usage of the MRU.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- one or more processors configured to:
- generate a plurality of sector models, wherein each sector model, of the plurality of sector models, is associated with a respective set of radio access network (“RAN”) attributes;
- generate a plurality of mobile radio unit (“MRU”) models, wherein each MRU model, of the plurality of MRU models, is associated with a respective set of MRU attributes;
- identify a particular MRU, wherein the particular MRU provides wireless connectivity to a core network, wherein the particular MRU includes a first Multi-Access/Mobile Edge Computing (“MEC”) device and mobility apparatus that facilitates mobility of the particular MRU, wherein identifying the particular MRU includes identifying a set of attributes of the particular MRU;
- compare the attributes of the particular MRU to MRU attributes included in the plurality of MRU models;
- select a particular MRU model, of the plurality of MRU models, based on the comparing;
- determine, based on historical information associated with the MRU, a predicted geographical location of the MRU at a particular time;
- identify, based on the predicted geographical location of the particular MRU, RAN attributes of a RAN that is associated with the predicted geographical location and that provides wireless connectivity to the core network;
- select a particular sector model, of the plurality of sector models, based on the RAN attributes of the RAN associated with the predicted geographical location of the particular MRU;
- determine, based on the particular MRU model and the particular set of sector models:
- a first set of configuration parameters for one or more base stations associated with the RAN associated with the predicted geographical location of the MRU, wherein a particular base station, of the one or more base stations, is associated with a second MEC, and
- a second set of configuration parameters for the particular MRU,
- wherein determining at least one of the first or second sets of configuration parameters includes configuring the particular base station to forward traffic to the particular MRU for processing by the first MEC in lieu of processing the traffic at the second MEC associated with the particular base station;
- implement the first set of configuration parameters at the one or more base stations of the particular sector at the particular time;
- and
- implement the second set of configuration parameters at the particular MRU at the particular time.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium, storing a plurality of processor-executable instructions to:
- generate a plurality of sector models, wherein each sector model, of the plurality of sector models, is associated with a respective set of radio access network (“RAN”) attributes;
- generate a plurality of mobile radio unit (“MRU”) models, wherein each MRU model, of the plurality of MRU models, is associated with a respective set of MRU attributes;
- identify a particular MRU, wherein the particular MRU provides wireless connectivity to a core network, wherein the particular MRU includes a first Multi-Access/Mobile Edge Computing (“MEC”) device and mobility apparatus that facilitates mobility of the particular MRU, wherein identifying the particular MRU includes identifying a set of attributes of the particular MRU;
- compare the attributes of the particular MRU to MRU attributes included in the plurality of MRU models;
- select a particular MRU model, of the plurality of MRU models, based on the comparing;
- determine, based on historical information associated with the MRU, a predicted geographical location of the MRU at a particular time;
- identify, based on the predicted geographical location of the particular MRU, RAN attributes of a RAN that is associated with the predicted geographical location and that provides wireless connectivity to the core network;
- select a particular sector model, of the plurality of sector models, based on the RAN attributes of the RAN associated with the predicted geographical location of the particular MRU;
- determine, based on the particular MRU model and the particular set of sector models:
- a first set of configuration parameters for one or more base stations associated with the RAN associated with the predicted geographical location of the MRU, wherein a particular base station, of the one or more base stations, is associated with a second MEC, and
- a second set of configuration parameters for the particular MRU,
- wherein determining at least one of the first or second sets of configuration parameters includes configuring the particular base station to forward traffic to the particular MRU for processing by the first MEC in lieu of processing the traffic at the second MEC associated with the particular base station;
- implement the first set of configuration parameters at the one or more base stations of the particular sector at the particular time;
- and
- implement the second set of configuration parameters at the particular MRU at the particular time.
A method, comprising:
- generating a plurality of sector models, wherein each sector model, of the plurality of sector models, is associated with a respective set of radio access network (“RAN”) attributes;
- generating a plurality of mobile radio unit (“MRU”) models, wherein each MRU model, of the plurality of MRU models, is associated with a respective set of MRU attributes;
- identifying a particular MRU, wherein the particular MRU provides wireless connectivity to a core network, wherein the particular MRU includes a first Multi-Access/Mobile Edge Computing (“MEC”) device and mobility apparatus that facilitates mobility of the particular MRU, wherein identifying the particular MRU includes identifying a set of attributes of the particular MRU;
- comparing the attributes of the particular MRU to MRU attributes included in the plurality of MRU models;
- selecting a particular MRU model, of the plurality of MRU models, based on the comparing;
- determining, based on historical information associated with the MRU, a predicted geographical location of the MRU at a particular time;
- identifying, based on the predicted geographical location of the particular MRU, RAN attributes of a RAN that is associated with the predicted geographical location and that provides wireless connectivity to the core network;
- selecting a particular sector model, of the plurality of sector models, based on the RAN attributes of the RAN associated with the predicted geographical location of the particular MRU;
- determining, based on the particular MRU model and the particular set of sector models:
- a first set of configuration parameters for one or more base stations associated with the RAN associated with the predicted geographical location of the MRU, wherein a particular base station, of the one or more base stations, is associated with a second MEC, and
- a second set of configuration parameters for the particular MRU,
- wherein determining at least one of the first or second sets of configuration parameters includes configuring the particular base station to forward traffic to the particular MRU for processing by the first MEC in lieu of processing the traffic at the second MEC associated with the particular base station;
- implementing the first set of configuration parameters at the one or more base stations of the particular sector at the particular time;
- and
- implementing the second set of configuration parameters at the particular MRU at the particular time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.